Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1925, Page 2

4 ¥ FEDERAL AID SEEN ASNEED OF FLEET Cnly Way to Secure Private Operation of Merchant Ma- rine, Says Ship Board. lone can secure ntinued existence hant marine un the United Board's annual re. ted out today. ngress tuke steps to Government aid the operation und ¢ Ame o States Shippi port to Con Tt urged tha enact necessary given af the der an mer legisiation points out, hrough prefe ferential ton- more or Iready pro- report provided: aid s given, it 4l servi hut its provis so ping firm will- uilding and op o hips will be el and the same that ald that have. Freight particularly ire dues, d 1f 't vides for one fo it not to be then a substitut, but whatever ror should not he to 1 at any ng to und ation of Amert led to th rtunitief ther e are th assistance, Need Permanent Fleet. 1d made f to be built maintaines 1ahor, nage says ti id b sl be genera n Amerk ships Recd report satd and ted By American supposed it had accom hen it enacted the law of ¥s the report n L fundamental one, phasized, as “faflure to eans retreat und practical Al of our flag from the seis soon as existing vessels are worn have become o out of date as sssively expensive for opera. erchant rpose which - he prot the repo: progress withd: as 0 ba tion No reference made to recent changes in the operating arrangement between the Fleet Corporation and the board, accompanying the discharge of Teigh (. Palmer as president of the Fleet Corporation, or to the wisdoni of \taining the board as at present n operation of nerchant fleet were he total lo heing 1 in th onor ‘he Government describad in de ahout 4 to $30,0 is the reduct from vear, The n rporation 3,033 in and the n from ¢ the \ reduced from on June 30 managing Surplus Vessels Sold year 64 su dead weix sold for of the line—were as 14 other e lust fiscal 63 of a total 859,867, were 9,000,000, while five er boats Nt tYpe passe and passenger vessels. ded, o 600 belng adjusted for offsets and 188, or a totul cluims procee counterclaims of £2¢ 454 o per vent nnage in operation on is Government eclaring of American t werseas trade awned,” the report said that tically all A flag ather than those operated indus trial car uld have to be uban red to forelgn ships if they were not maintained by the Government. “Whethe . 1w ward with blighment a merchant mar sufiicient to carty 12 larger po ir foreign rom wmerce, in th the mer chant marine ntinued, “or vhether the lin astablished at great cost are + erad ally abun doned must be by iress, elther o legislatic propriations suth on the routes is 10 accordance wi “Amertean flug vessels are now far from carrying w i jor portion of the American i s and e Our cargo vessels in the forelgn trade have been dily decreasing in num ser.” Discussing Gove sald that if maintainin, 1 foreig; ppropriat s continue the problem of Need Two “Mercl or »oris. 1id, the re method arine nnual experns gress must face ments nment the present chant ssenger Ships. ips will eventual continued ant report The develon: bustion engines b adical change few ans that bulk of a merchant There two new naval States ed date at atlable fted 4 veurs Teat *swil] impiedate enger uxiliaries lines. * © ‘Tt {a serfously contended by hat the repeal the so-called La “ollette act should be had. Whatever the merits or demerits of that act nay be, American ships had been riven out of our country’s forelgn de before this act ever came into exietence. “The suggestion that Americans he allowed to purchase ships verlooked the fact that this permis slon was granted by the canal a of 1912, and no shins came under the American flag “The suggestion that repairs to American vessels should be made in sorelgn ports overlooks the fact that that privilege was the shipownar's for more than half a century, and during that whole period ships in the foreign trade of the United States continucd to disappear from s least for a law makes possible the proper support of mail ships. Freizht ships, the ships which handle the vast agricultural and manufactured prod ucts of this country and transport necessary raw materiais jor our mills, are the craft that particularly need assistance. “The naval subvention also is not only permissible but justifed by the vractice of foreign nations.” VETERANS TO SEE OPERA. 100 Given Tickets to “Romeo and Juliet” Tomorrow Night. Approximately of the World V with tickets yesterday afternoon at “Mount Alto Hospital for the per- Yormanca of “Romeo and Juliet,” which will be given at the Washington Au- ditorium tomorrow night at 8:15 by the Washington Opera Co In making the presentation Gen- eral Director Edouard Albion declared that it will be the custom of the com- pany to invite this number of dis- abled veterans to each opera, and, in addition, 10 blind persons also will be the guests of the company. The performance tomorrow will be 100 disabled veterans were presented by a cast headed by two leading sing- | ers of the Metropolitan, Thalia Sa- banieva, prima donna, and Armand Tokatyan, tenor. Marguerite Moore, 4 voung student at the Metropolitan; Jvan Ivantzoff, Washington Opera baritone, and Sigurd Nilssen, young American basso, will fill the “other prineipal parte. Jacques Samassourd will conduet. 1| Suppl ne | abroad | American Blond Bandit as Boy. Photograph of Elmore 1. Reyonlds taken from Department of Justice files. The picture shows him as a 16-year-old_boy is u good likeness of him today. The photograph was taken when he was sent to the Michigan State Reforma- tory for grand larceny. NEW POWER RATE * TOBE FIXED SOON Reduction to Be Made With View of Increasing Amount of Current. | The new rate for electric current |in the District will be determined within the next two weeks, it was in | dicated today by officials of the Pub. |lic Utilities Commissio Although the commission would not hazard a gues probable amount of the reduction, they pointed out that it would be | made with a view to increasing the consumption of electricity. The ex- | perts are working on the theory that | the more electricity used in the Dis- | trict the cheaper it will become. Although the new rate fs yet unde. clded, consumers whose bills are ren { dered January 1 or after will benetit by the reduction. us the bills will be omputed for December consumption {on the reduced rate | Officials of the commission, as well as officers of the Potomac Electric | P Co, are devoting considerable | time to a study of the company’s in | come for the current year in an effort to determine a fair rate of reduct Flgures of the earnings for the first { 10" months of the current culendar | vear have been compfled by the cor | pany. and an es - of the income | for nths wiil be { made ure is | fixed 'SENATE TO GET BILL experts as to the before the redu | Senator Stanfield's Measure to Be Introduced as Early as Possible. Senator Stanfield of {man of the civil servic the Senate, will introduce at the earl est opportunity a civil service retire ment bill, amending «nd liheralizing the present act, so s to inc nuitfes, and provide for of retirement. The bill will be practically th as that pussed by the Senate last ses ston, but which failed of act House. Representative Lehl v Jersey will introduce the bill in the House, and efforts | made to get action on it present session closes. |ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES SENT BUDGET BUREAU Comimnissioners Orewo committee Forward List Items Totaling Nearly $1.000.000. sntul estimates 1o rent fiscal vear totaling approxim sent to the Bureau of by the Distriet Com- The items are designed to meet deticiencies in - current appro priations The largest single item un derstood, is for street repairs It amounts to about $810,000, ali of which will be taken out of the gasoline tax | revenues The supplementary budget also con tains items for completing several pub- lic school profects now under way, sewer extensions and the elimination of several grade crossings. CHILD IN SLAYING CASE MAY BE KIDNAPED BOY Foster Mother, Whose Arrest He Caused, Says He Is Nephew of Famous Musician | of r the cur- By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 7—Ten-year old Samuel Scardina, whose story caused the arrest of his foster mother, Mrs. Blanche Scardina, for the murder of her husband, may be the kidnaped nephew of a musiclan once famous in { New York. | Ten years ago Samuel was left with | Mrs. Scardina by & Mrs. Dazelle, who | said the baby's uncle was a noted ew York musician. Mrs. Dazelle never returned and the identity of the uncle never was established, Mrs. Scardina told the police. She asserted {that she is the daugter of the late Court Haring, prominent lumber dealer, and that she deserted her first husband, Raoul Vanier, an attorney, for Scardina, known to the police as a bootlegger and gunman. A turther investigation to determine the boy's identity will be made. but detectives say it | tely | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER REYNGLDS ADMITS OTHERD. C. CRIMES “Blond Bandit,” Held in Rochester; Confesses Three More Hold-Ups Here. Three additional ups have been confessed I. Reynolds, admitied in_custody in Rochester. {lowing the shooting of | Detective Joseph Wald {to Rochester Saturday to griill him, today advised Inspector Clitford L Grant. Reynolds explained he Lad not | mentioned “them lLefore because they {did not make as much impression upon | him as did his hold-up at th | Henry A. Berliner, 2841 Tilde {or the shooting of Jack Heros. delicatessen proprietor, of 5016 street. The new holdups in this city con | fessed 1@ the hlond bandit follow: En- trance of the home of Mrs. Ella Culley, 18501 Rock Creek Ford road, where he | mnade it known he was lookiug for Sen- ator Newlands' dinmonds but left with out loot; firing of two shots in & strug gle for cash with 8. H. Burgess at the Chapman coal yard, 37 N street holding up of members of the firm of J. Protas and Son, 1104 Fourteenth street, where he got $125 in cash Had ng Interview. | Detective Waldron advises | tor Grant that he had a long | view with Reynolds and that the lat | ter talked freely with him about his Washington crimes. The detective states he will stop over in Plttsburgh on the way home and iry to recover the Berliner fewels which Reynolds has declared he sold to u Pittsburgh gambler. | Ins v Lirant has instructed De. | tective Waldron to remain in Roches | ter untti he is satisfled he has | talned from the prisoner u complete | story of his local actlvities Inspector Grant is satistled that 121 more I. Reynolds is the real name of the prisoner and his fathe resi | dent of " Albuquerque, N. al though he has appeared at ent places under as many different names, his alfases including the names of Glen Bishop, George Me Donald, Elmer Reynolds and W. I Warren. A descriptive circular of the prisoner has been in the files of the Depart ment_of Justice since his parole from the Michigan State Reform: [ 1819, His plcture, taken during the time he was in the Michigan pricon for larceny. It is stated. very much resembles “him at this time. giving | him @ look of refiuement rather than the appearance of a thuk. Revnolds was sent up from Grand Rapids. The police check-up shows Reynolds is wanted in Michigan | violation of his parole, and i fornfa as & fugitive from the | State prison. He a fuguitive from Kans., and front gang ford, Fla. He was serving five Floridu Re: to informat was several pris what he Washington Lold by Elmore lond bandit,’ N. Y., fol taxidriver . who went spec inter- ob. is Mex difr st. for Cali olston anted Wich: at Ral s a A roac ndnct sin 1 this cf MINORITY CHOIGE dmnitted - FORSENATE POSTS Democrats Name J. J. Burnes of New York for Secretary. Other Nominations. democritic confervnce of the At its first meeting of the ses selected J. 1. Burnes of s its candidate fo to fill the death Geor who b since the R | conitrol of the Ser Col. Edwin A. Halsey of Virgini. was the choice of the democratic con ference for the highest office in the | &It of the minority. officially desig nated as acting assistant doorkeeper. Col. Halser, however, will gerve in the capacity as confidential secretary and aselstant Lo the democratic organiz tlon of the Senate. He has been for many years connected with the Ser New tary o the Senate by the ned Leslie 1. democratic Difte was selected to be a assistant on t the Senate, suceeeding O | who takes ‘the pluce left the death of Thomas W The democratic confer ed no other business are several democrutic assignments | to standing committee no because of the death of Senator Ral | ston of Indlana. These will be filled | 1ater. ISLAYER OF U. S. WOMAN | ABROAD SENT TO ASYLUM Youth Who Killed Mrs. Mary L. Bowen Says He Got Impulse From Screen “Thriller.” By the Associated Press 3 i BERN, Switzerland, December 7 | Johannes Hammerschlegel, the Aus trian youth who shot and killed Mr: Mary L. Bowen of Berkeley, Calif., at | Dormach last Summer, was today order confined for life in an insane asylum The youth had heen placed on trial when medical experts found him men- | tally irresponsible. toc Dispatches at the time of the crime quoted Hammerschlegel as declaring | he was moved to emulate a motion picture “thriller” which he had just Seen. The youth was arrested before he had time to get away with Mrs. Bowen's handbag, contafning a con- siderable amount of money The crime was committeed near the Anthroposophical Temple at Dornach. Mrs. Bowen, wife of Howard D. Bowen, a retired Hawallan sugar planter, had gone to Switzerland to study Anthro- posophy—the knowledge of the nature of man—in the first temple erected to that modern art. By the Associated Fress. Representative Hill, Republican, Maryland, leader of the wet forces in the House, introduced today a joint resolution proposing the repeal of the eighteenth amendment. The resolution seeks to refer the prohibition amendment to State con- ventions instead of State legislatures. Representative Hill, in a statement, pointed out that the Conatitution pro- vided amendments might be passed by either legislatures or conventions. The convention method, he said, requiring the election of delegates for the par- ticular purpose, would permit ‘“a clear-cut vote by the people on the Hill Introduces Bills for Repeal Of Dry Amendment and Volstead Law subject of the eighteenth amendment.” “State conventions,” he added, “are not complicated by the usual political questions relating to legislatures. Representative Hill also introduced other measures seeking to change the Volstead act. One bill asks for “State local op- tion” by permitting each State to di fine for itself the word “Intoxicatin as used in the eighteenth amendment. Mr. Hill's measure legalizing 2.75 per cent beer and cider was reintro- duced, as was his bill placing en- forcement of the Federal prohibition lmw1 entirely under the Attorney Gen- eral. home of | in | that | + sentence | vacant ! [$325,736,000 TAX CUT BILL AIDS $l93;575,000 Saving on By the Associated Press i 'The slash new of § the next calendar rellef for virtually payer wus r revenue bill in proposing a t nnd providing Federal tax ported to. the House to 1day as the tirst lepislative husiness | presented to the new In prosenting the ways and means committee, which drifted the measure during a seven week pre-Cong Chairman | | Green served he would | ask the House tomor- | row, under the plan to send it to th | Senate vefore the end the ond | week of the sesston | A saving of §193 tExXpayers on taxes payable is the princtpal relief blll. and leaders and Senate have s gonl for et into law, so that nefit iy taken advantage in the pay of first installments of the incore due March 1 | Has “Additional Views.” | Although unanimously ordered ported to the House by the Ways | Means Committee, the commities I port on the bill contained sep: [ahfle'): nts of “additional views epreser ives Rainey of 11l Hull of Tenne Democratic bers of the col iittee. Chairman Green's report committee explained in detail visfons made in the tax rates, as the administrative provisions of the law, and set forth the principles which gulded the committes ‘It was manifestly report said, make all the tions asked. hut the committe ing first determined the total amount of tax reduction in nues which could properly be made, proceeded to apportion the benetits of such r | tion not only among the tax whose need of relief seemed est. and where it appeared it be made with the I the Government, but : v possible. so to distribute them as to | | bring the maximum good to all of our peaple On none of the votes taken in the committee on provisions of the bill did it divide on partisan llnes, Mr. Green said, and in this respect he declared excellent example | al legislation.” t Opposed. Mr. Rainey 1 Mr prafsed the general provisions of nieasure. hut both the provisions increasing the p exemptions nd cutting the maximum urtax rate from 40 to cent hey proposed instead that pre exemptions be retaine made on the higher the war excise and imum of 30 per cent and Mr De 6,000 es during vear Congress report of the ess session that next stho th Murch 1 the me the us by ind men \0is for ihe the 1 the | reduc- | hav- | impossible, payers | great- | could urtax ( Hull the sonal . lesser cu surtaxes and W taxes aposed Hull ted out that exemption $1.000 to $1 and $2 with dedu 1 the rerensed per sonal wons mar fon to pendent. ent for pplied 1 | $10,000 to The bill e which rried heen 600 could be inc i from normal tax es {from 2 to 113 per n the first $4,000 of taxable income, from 4 to 3 per cent on the next $4,600 and from 6 to per nt on the ren der of While cutting th maximu ™ 40 1o 20 per cent, the on other br of surtax vhich |at 1 per cent on $10,000 v 1 those involving 0 and over An_ examin Green's report £ income taxpef substantial redgction | tons In rates are | practicable. and that the whole, 1s well balanced | found that the perce jcome taken Dby wdually and 1% cent ineo surt ductic graduated 4 made incomes ve received a t the grada tax with reasona ‘M 'MEA : | ‘Duugllters of Confederac { | | e e of Gen tohert L. ton National ¢ red s It was v lerate leader lis e the Civil War under {duced in the House toda | sentative Louis €. Cramton can, of Michigan The Secretary of War w | charge of this restoration | terms of the Cramton bill. | wuthorized statement Mr | eruphasizes that his interest matter was not _inspired Daughters of the Confederic He made public & letter to John Seel, commander of the Michizan de partment of the Grand Army of the Republ denying his contemplated action had been prompted by the Daughters of the Confederacy “I initiated the mover t and T am ling to take full responsibility for Cramton wrote. “It was never suggested to me by the Daugh- ters of the Confedera by any other Southern source.” Regrets Opposition. Lee | metery would ien the great | 1 there he w4 bill intro- | hy Repre- | Republi | d be in | under the | and in an | Cramfon | in this v the | { B, Cramton a1 not_stof {son for his letter to Mr. Seel other [than to say he had received a com- | munication from him and was “sorry indeed to mnote the position of your organization with reference to this (vestoration). Under the resolution, the restoration would be undertaken by the Secretary of War, who would be directed, if pos- sible, to procure “replicas of the furni- ture and other articles in use in the | mansion during the period mentioned, | with a view to restoring, as far as may be practicable, the appearance of the interior of the mansion to the con- dition of its occupancy by the Lee family The draft of the proposed resolution s prefaced by two declarations that: | “Whereas the era of internecine | strife, among the States, having yield. | ed to one of better understanding, of common lovalty and of a more perfect Union, and “Whereas, now honor is accorded | Robert E. Lee as one of the great mili- tary leaders of history, whose exalted character, noble life and eminent serv- ices are recognized and estcemed, and | whose manly attributes of precept and example were compelling factors in | cementing the American people in | bonds of patriotic devotion and action | against common external enemies in the War with Spain and in the World War, thus consummating the hope of a reunited country that would again swell the chorus of the Union: “Therefore, be it resolved that * * the mansfon be restored.” Mr. Cramton in his letter to Mr. Seel said, in part: “As_the son of a veteran of the Civil War, who served four years under Sheridan and Custer, and as a the rea | duced. “w intage | - RE OFFERED TO R OLD LEE MANSION AT ARLINGTON | PRACTICALLY EVERY TAXPAYER Income Levies Proposed And Inheritance Rates Reduced—¢“Nuisance” | Jewelry and Auto Truck Provisions Repealed. nity as the income increases up to $100,000, o, alsy, the amount of re- duction 1o the taxpayer increases in uniformity. It was impossible to co the rates in all brackets and pre serve proper gradations in the tax That some were henefited more than others is du- largely to the arbitrary character of the reductions made by the acts of 1921 wnd 1924 Publicity Clause to ( Referring fo the committe the proviston for publicity of in o tax returns, the report declared “Treasury Departiment had inform smmittee that “no useful pur served” by it » ¢ the inheritance s from a maximum of 40 per 20 p and ine se in to allowed in Federal in settlements of the on State Inheritance 5 per cent 1o S0 per cent entually 11l reduce ne-ha wsent yvleld froni this levy of $100, 0000 annually, the report satd The decr in revenues from in critance taxes by virtue of these re however, will 1 dual. 1t ith the loss next ing negligible and in the following ar amounting tc 1t §15,000,000 ;s report points out that the Slates, use of the credit provision, will be ihie to make use of this tax without wditional cost to their citizens. Referring to the repeal of most e exc 1 oecup: luding the So- levies, Chairman Green these taxes are not equitable in the application and produce but little revenue.” The tax of com d P o tax cent the be on cigars, which was re 50 high us to depress the i reduce the revenue to Government,” the report de. clared. The tax on jewelry. also re- aled, was described as “difficult to collect and burdensome of operation. Repeal of the tax on automobile trucks was voted hecause it was a tax solely on_ husiness,” and the lev on _automobile nd parts, also repealed, were de tases on “misfortune.’ Lusine: the tires lared Rate on Cars Cut the ro considered, the d make the t d by the bi The rate was cut nt, with ar tax report ul re altogether from 5 ers of ence between the Repeal of ild not w AQuetlon carr ge.’ to 3 per « ing a refund t the amount of old and new taxes i after the bill flective date of the tax sty s becomes new automo 1o fch woul 1t 2 nt a aaditio per cent was eclassitted as a s hence ar in twe v which to collect, constl utes a burden upon the consumer to om it is in most shifted by manufacture oductive and esay cases to retain the mem tax appeals the salaries of 1 $10.000 annually the repor re than 8,417 hoard since’ its 18 months @go. Present board are Jess than 114 abtain in private ndards of the mem- the {ncrease, the re bership of hoard t and fnerease 1 leen ed with the hership require port said Mr. Rair three amend vision fo emy specifically proposed r the increns nd anoth b 1 automobile r the present tax, and instead pro cut. to repeal the levies on sales wduce exchanges; and another 1in the present surtax maximum and ren 1 levies on auto. . admissions and dues. I opposed also the proposal nbers of the Board of Ta membership and the p: exempt the spoken d the admission levy, proposing i xes to be He expres mount of tax re been $350,000,000 ns STORE y Not Responsible. Says| Cramton, Who Regret Soldier, Opposition of G. A. R. on of Union s ds Veterans, continuous for over 30 vears, [ have the very highest regard r the attitude of the Grand Army of the Republic upon any question. 1 feel, however, that the position taken in this instance has been without full realization of the exact situation have frequently visited Arlington Cemetery with friends from Michigan in the course of the 12 vears or more that 1 have been in Washington. Any one who has ever accompanied me there has expressed regret at the barren and uninteresting condition of the interfor of the mansion. If to be restored to its condition as it was when occupied as a home, It must necessar) bLe the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Willing to Honor Lee. “It will have very great interest to the many thousand visitors at Arling- ton to see there a fine type of home of the pre-Civil War period, just as people enfoy seeing u home of the Colonial period at Mount Vernon. The fact that, incidentally, honor is shown to Gen. Lee, I do not regret. I am perfectly willing to do that. Furthermore, the Civil War is unique in that within the lifetime of thos possible the victory, the terness which accompani passed away “It is not always remembered, but it should be remembered, that Gen. Robert E. Lee led the armed forces of the Confederacy in war, he was not a leader in the movement that brought about the war and had no responsibility for the secession of his States. “We are fortunate beyond compare ¥ {in having a truly united land today to face the new problem of right and humanity that always press upon us, and I wish very much I might have your co-operation in this effort of mine for restoration of the mansion at Arlington, rather than you opposition, since it is but a continuation of the strengthening of the tles of Union in this Republic, once saved by yvou and your comrades from disunion.” o THANKS COOLIDGE. Pinchot Grateful for Withholding of Text of Reply to Lewis. HARRISBURG, Pa. December 7 (®).—Gov. Pinchot today wired Presi- dent Coolidge his thanks for the President’s action in withholdirg from publication the text of his reply to the complaint of John L. Lewis, presi- dent of the United Mine Workers, re- garding the situation in_the bitumi- nous flelds pending Mr. Pinchot's ef- | member of the Order of the Sons of forts to end the anthracite suspension. 4<. If the | ndar vear | the report said, | vears, | one to remove pro- | 2 ex men, who, like yourself, made | while | 1925, | MILITARY TRAINING N SCHOOLS UPHELD | ’ AR | ‘War Department Fights' Propaganda Aimed at U. S. | Education Policy. | { | | The War Department today made | {1t platn it win i ctively combat propa- | ganda springing up throughout the country against military training in nerican sehools and coileges through fssuance of a letter to all eorps commanders. in which it the War Department “stands in favor of military train g for” the greatest possible number of students. constdering - avail persounel, funds and equipment Agitation designed to curb “the present fendency ard military | training in educatio istitutions.” which understoo the War Department’s the form of o foreword 1o on militarisn written | sauarely was in pamphlet Winthrop Borah of Idaho, Norris of Nebraska, La Follette of Wisconsin 1 A‘xul hipstead of Minnesota; xahbi | .\V(u)vh.n 5. Wise of New York, Bishop P_laud J. MeConnell of the Methodist 1 Episcopal Church, Presidents N H Cracken of Vussar, Maurer of n(-l-ml and Wolley of Mount Holyoke; Repre- sentatives Huddleston of Alabama and | Nelson of Wisconsin, Jane Addams, | Mrs. Carrle Chapman Catt, John | Broph: the Pennsylvania labor | leader, Samuel McCrea Cavert, gen. | erul secretary of the Federul Council | f Churche mes Weldon Johnson, | se tar of the Assoclation for the | dvancement of Colored People; Os. wald Garrison Villard, editor, and many other “The War De, this matt, partment’s stand 1tinu in es the offictal let. | ter, “is based upon its plan for tional defense made pursuant to the | national defense wct, which in turn s | based on the constitutionul prineiple of <ommon defense.” | Plea for National Defense “The successful application principle of common defense « be ussured when ever cluding students in ur colleges, realizes his « the adopted p. |the War Dep: |cute eaid policy, and is prepared to| {play his part ‘in these plans. The principle of common defense snd the |adopted system under which it is {carried out is not new, as it has ex isted in America since the earliest co- | jlonial days.” i the pamphlet which drew the tire 19f the War Department, made public | today, the following assertions ar of th an only cltizen, in nd | ligation under | acquainted with | witted in high school, and it neve thould be made compulsory in colleges | |and universities. It would be «u trag | {edy if. at the very moment when such | France and Germany Wink war against each other. military spirit should assert iiseif i e United States.” Decla | vamph aere unaware to what extent the Wa epartment i€ fostering the Sofrit in schools, in contravention tc Amerfcan s." POLICE EXTORTION HEARING DELAYED Four Officers Accused of Forcing Negroes to Give Them “Collateral.” are ing on colored men an the app. women for warr charging four Washington policemen | h extortion, alleged to have been d under threats of prosecution set for 11 o'clock Thursday | morning by Assistant United States | District Attorney Ralph Given this| morning. The hearing was to have been held today but eral materia witnesses were unable to be present. The accused policemen are Charles W. Reed, Jeff O. Hicks, L. L. Sebas tian and C. H. Hogan, all of whom have been temporarily suspended | from the force pending the outcome of the charges. The accusers are ! Garnett Warbington and his wife, | proprietors of 4 negro theatrical hotel | at 1227 Seventh street, and nine resi dents of the piace | According to information filed at po- | lice headquarters, the policemen are | accused of having staged a raid on the | hotel shortly before 6 o'clock Satur- morning. After rounding their | ners up, it is alleged by the ne-) groes, the officers compelled them to| | turn over certain sums of money on| the spot as “collateral”” Then, it is| sald, they advised the negroes to for- feit the money | Lieut. William G. . Fred Cornwell and Lieut. H. H. Groves ap. peared at Mr. Given's office this morr ing for the police department The accusers of the policemen were ulso present to press their requests for war- rants. Mr. Given was obliged to order postponement until Thursday, how ever, when other important witnesses sent’ word they could not appear to- day { — Catholic Women to Meet. A meeting of the Washington Dis- man of Maryland, the new chairman of Catholic Women will' be held Fri | day night at the Mayflower Hotel. report of the recent convention will be made, and there will be addresses and discussion. nts | e “One-Eyed” Autos Sought by Police At Hesse’s Order “One-eyed automobiles that dash through the streets at night look- ing more like motor cycles in the darkness, will receive special at- tention of the police this week as a result of a general order issued to precinct captains today by Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintend- ent of police. ‘While out riding the other night the police chief was annoyed par- ticularly by the “one-eyed"” cars as well as those with glaring head- lights. ‘While there has been a general improvement in the glaring head- light situation since rigid enforce- ment of the anti-glare regulation was started by the police, Maj. Hesse said there are yet many machines on the streets at night with headlights that do not con- form to the regulations. He re- quests the police to continue their constant vigil. Maj. Hesse's orders also instruct- Ltivities here .-ed the captains rigidly to enforce the regulation regarding reckless driving, explaining that many ma- Chhfl.‘;! procesd recklesaly through traffic. EMMONS S, SMITH. EMMONS S. SMIT VICTIN OF STROKE Senior Member of 0. J. De- Moll Co., Long Prominent in Business Here. Emmon, Smith, 66 ye: for tern of the firm of Moll & Co.. music dealers at Twelft and G streets, and prominently fdent tied with business and organiz for many years, 3110 Woodland Death was ascribed his residence drive o | apoplexs Born in Lapecaster, N. H., Mr. Smit : to Washington when he was 14 ed the ich was re now : a successful b me connec ds with lifferent times eral of the ons of this wn had Smith ltved at t, which he owned ago. Mr. Smith had in Masonic of Fayette Was long beer He was Lodge. No m Comn ights Templar; Albert Fike tory Rite Masons, a mas Temy He was circles sis ber of the men ash 8o & He for was president and a MANY DISTRICT BILLS OFFERED AT OPENING SESSION OF CONGRESS that hasins Firs catel c shop fe cateh the const stomobile garage @ machine shop and a & Luilding to the C objection to the pas permitting the transferring diction to them. v mak parks has stated that he has no legislation Amends Zoning Law The other matter to be presen Chafrman Zihlman would amend the present zoning law. The proposed amendment is in accordance with the original _intention the Commis joners in making favorable report on the zoning bill when it was referred to them by the Senate and House Dis trict committees before the bill was ed. The bill will also be intro. ed in the Senate by Bl Since the adoption o lations on August 80, 1820, the 4’om missioners have required compliance with section & of the law tained in the proposed amendment, and it was only ufter a recent legal Z0ning regu | interpretation given this section that |1t wa realized it did not conform to the standard practice in zoning. The proposed amendment is recommended for the purpose of preventing a non- conforming use from continuing, if structural alterations are made which is now possible because of i correct punctuation in section 6 the law. . Six measures of interest 10 1 District of Columbia will be introdu in the Senate at the earliest oppor- tunity by Senator Capper, chalrman of the Senate District committee They are: of Anti-Pistol Bill. A bill to regulate the sale of fire- | arms, which has been one of the clty’s’ legislative needs for a number of years. A bill to amend the District code to permit women to serve on juries in this city, which is being supported by the legislative committee of the Woman's Party. iy A bill to transfer to the jurisdi of the Commissioners a Federa vation near the District Sewage Pumping Station, which is being used now by the munieipality A Dbill to provide for the pavment to retired policemen and firemen pension allowances which they failed to receive between 1911 and 1915, ag- gregating $65,000. A bill to authorize a flag for the District of Columbia, which has been @ subject of discussion for several years. Senator Capper will leave Washing- ton this evening for Chicago to ad- dress the American Marm Bureau Federation tomorrow, following which he will return to the Capital. Kipling Rests Easily. BURWASH, sussex, England, De cember 7 (#).—Rudyard Kipling pass- ed another good night. His strength was being maintained this morning and the lung condition was the same as vesterday. The noted author is sut- tering from bronchial pneumonia. Senator Cap- | DROPS 15 WORKERS Headquarters Force Reduced to 340 by Dismissals Ef- fective Tonight. Fiftee init headqg This fallo B Thi this vear of the here 10 bring n ¥ ng-dr easury Dey pay up to FROG HOLLOW RAID NETS 3 AND STILL S. Dry Squad Acts Following Grand Jury Report Denounc- ing Conditions, £ PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE TO ACT ON NYE'S CASE Will D kota Whether Governor Has Appoint Sen Ge North Right t Decide Dakot Senator-design The whether the has i N Mr. Nye seventeenth Constitution providing fe why A\h‘ ugh Y. W. C. A PI:EA BY RADIO Mrs. ney General, in Fund Drive. Hildebrandt, Assistant Attor W o b Mabel Attc Al's 8700 ngton, randt Walker t has been active ir A.’s campaign, serving iness and pro ision and of the as a member fessional wor November Circulation Daily ... 97,689 |Sunday . . 107,205 ess_Manaze. NDAY STAR ¥ swear the actual nu Jof tha papers named sold e the month of Novem as follows DAILY. 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